Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands : Civil War on Florida's Gulf Coast, 1861-1865 /

Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida.""[Buker] argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore did serious damage to home-front morale and retarded Florida's value as a component of the reb...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Buker, George E., 1923-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
Gulf Coast (Fla.) > History.
Florida > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Military operations, Naval.
Blockade.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Floride > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Blocus.
Mexique, Côte du golfe du (Flor.) > Histoire navale > 19e siecle.
Floride > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Operations navales.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Operations navales.
United States.
Florida > Gulf Coast.
Florida.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
Florida > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
Gulf Coast (Fla.) > History, Naval > 19th century.
Florida > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
History.
Naval history.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Chronicles the role of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron as an important Federal contingent in Florida.""[Buker] argues that the presence of Union sailors and their extensive contacts ashore did serious damage to home-front morale and retarded Florida's value as a component of the rebel war machine. Since the state's long coastlines made it a ready target for a naval cordon, its commercial life suffered beginning in 1861 and deteriorated even further as the war progressed despite the efforts of blockade runners. Florida Unionists, antiwar natives, and runaway slaves flocked to these Federal wa.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (247 pages): maps
ISBN:9780817389772

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